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I think harry potter ruined reading for me (books you're hooked on)

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appa
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i can't get into books like i used to with this series. i've read the hobbit, lord of the rings, (currently reading) a game of thrones. i have enjoyed most books i've read since the hp series ended, but not with the same intensity. only other book i've ever been nearly as engrossed in is a clockwork orange.

what books have had you glued to the pages? with characters that you fell in love with, an intriguing storyline, or crazy deeper meaning unparalleled by another.

i want something that i can't easily take breaks from reading.

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Sep 13 2013 8:19PM
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chicken
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well i'm not drunk anymore but you are still an idiot who thinks dan brown is fantastic writing.
Sep 14 2013 7:00PM
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DayMan
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Clive Cussler novels really tend to pull me in
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Sep 14 2013 7:06PM
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DayMan
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Sep 14 2013 7:06PM
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louie.mirags
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Philosophy books have me hooked..
Sep 14 2013 7:15PM
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Sep 14 2013 7:46PM
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ignantchief
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OP i agree that no book ive ever read has had me as engrossed as harry potter. I remember I read the whole last book in one day. But yea Eragon is an unreal series ^^.
Sep 14 2013 9:10PM
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mattymagoo757
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Vince Flynn. He is a thriller writer. Stuff with the CIA and FBI.
Sep 14 2013 9:39PM
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Petey.
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I'm really interested to hear your reasoning as to why he's not a great writer.

Have you read the Lost Symbol? Inferno? Great stories. Great writing.

Please, lets hear it.
Sep 14 2013 10:07PM
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chicken
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I've only read A&D, DaVinci Code and Deception point. I thought the stories were OK (although repetitive). He is just not a very good writer.
Sep 14 2013 10:28PM
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MASkier
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I don't really like his writing style, but the stories are really interesting.
Sep 15 2013 10:53AM
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SirFryanator
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Dan Brown tends to tell, and not show...

His stories are engrossing though, I won't lie, I did enjoy reading his books. His novels just feel like Hollywood screenplays, written purely for passive entertainment, as opposed to being written in a manner that envelops the reader in an interactive experience.
Sep 15 2013 11:33AM
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Petey.
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His writing style is engaging as fuck. It keeps you reading - the goal of any good writer.

I'm curious to see what you find to be a desirable writing style.
Sep 15 2013 11:34AM
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FuckAllOfYou
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John irving and faulkner all the way
Sep 15 2013 11:51AM
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Bogs
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He's a good plotter, not a good writer. His stories are engaging, but not because of his sense of style as a writer.

"Outside his window, hidden in the shadows of the Via Torregalli, a powerfully built woman effortlessly unstraddled her BMW motorcycle and advanced with the intensity of a panther stalking its prey."

Sounds like something you'd read in an intro to fiction writing class.
Sep 15 2013 3:58PM
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All Hunter S Thompson as of lately.
Sep 15 2013 4:09PM
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Utard
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After reading most of the replies in this thread I can honestly say I'm a little bit scared for the future of our generation
Sep 15 2013 5:13PM
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GayWolf420
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Read a few Vonnegut books for English. I thoroughly enjoyed them. I also read a Vietnam book before the summer that was un fucking real. Didn't expect it to be that crazy. "The things they carried" is what it's called.
Sep 16 2013 1:44PM
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StickDonkey
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My favorite fantasy series
1. AsoIF
2. Dragonlance Chronicles
3. HP
4. The Sword of Truth
5. The Wheel of Time
6. LotR, although I'm more into the movies (the books are pretty slow)
Just finished reading Joe Abercrombie's first series The First Law and it was pretty good.
Sep 16 2013 1:57PM
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appa
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finished a game of thrones the other night and now i'm already pretty into a clash of kings. think i found my new jam; awwwww yeah
Sep 18 2013 12:11AM
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louie.mirags
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Currently reading for the second time.. great read
Sep 19 2013 9:10PM
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Spagett+
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This book was pretty good. I Recommend it. Pretty wacky concepts.
Sep 19 2013 9:14PM
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saskskier
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Ha ha ha. Absolutely this or any of the other kazilion books he's written. They are simple and predictive, but still awesome.

Also check out (takes a bit to get into it, but an incredible story. A fictional, but supposedly pretty accurate, account a true story):
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and (one of the funniest series I've read):
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Sep 19 2013 9:28PM
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Kirsakid
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The redwall series by by Brian Jacques some of them >
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And I'm sure this was said many times, it should have been, but I didn't read the thread so my all time favourite series would be all the Enderverse books from Orson Scott Card. Ender's game was my favourite book by a long shot and I finished it in one sitting, the next day I read Ender's shadow from cover to cover and somehow it was even better. The rest aren't as mind blowing as the first but are amazing reads nonetheless.
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Sep 19 2013 9:29PM
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Calb3rt
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i prefer audio books mostly. i listen to harry potter just about every night when i go to bed. I have a bunch that i cycle through regularly though. LOTR series, Orson scott card's complete enderverse, phillip pulman's "his majesty's dark materials"(golden compass ect.), lots of Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues, around the world in 80 days, ect.), the hunger games trilogy, alice in wonderland, peter pan, jungle book, Carl Sagan's "Contact" <- I recommend this one, it is very interesting. those are some of the books ive gone through recently.
Sep 19 2013 9:30PM
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humpty
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comic books
Sep 21 2013 7:45PM
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Sno.
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anything by david Sedaris. read Naked, Holidays on Ice, and Me Talk Pretty One Day

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